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His Bloody Project shortlisted for the Man Booker prize 2016

Posted on September 14, 2016

Graeme Macrae Burnet’s literary thriller – a tale of savage murder in the wilds of 19th-centuryΒ Scotland – has defied it…

“A white-knuckle, wisecracking thrill ride”

Posted on September 8, 2016

Douglas Skelton’s The Dead Don’t Boogie – a hard-hitting and witty crime thriller with more pop culture references than…

Contraband authors at Bloody Scotland

Posted on September 5, 2016

Five of Contraband’s top crime fiction writers are appearing at this year’s Bloody Scotland festival, taking place in St…

Join us for launch of new Contraband titles

Posted on September 1, 2016

An exciting couple of days are coming up with launch events for new crime thrillers by Douglas Skelton and Russel D McLe…

A deeply personal portrait of a moody, majestic autumn

Posted on August 25, 2016

In The Nature of Autumn, published on 25 August 2016, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley tells the compelling story of u…

Families can be murder…

Posted on August 22, 2016

Russel D McLean’s new thriller And When I Die features an undercover cop in too deep, a daughter trying to escape her ga…